MU - Fixed Wheel Cattle Van

This code was "unearthed" by the writer during 1992. The wagons were
from a small group of _M__ cattle vans, fifty vans
in total.

Workshops records for the 1930's shows the wagons coded as MU when
converted to autocouplers. Later records show the wagons back to M
coding by 1934.

The writer originally thought the vans were in temporary service
as box or louvre vans, consistent with a suffix 'U' applied to
another vehicle.

The wagons were fitted with temporary wooden louvre sections to
cover the side wall gaps. The works appears to have been done at
Newport Workshops.

The reason for the work seems to be tied to the auto-coupler
project then underway in the 1930's. The writer has presumed that the
vans were a temporary replacement for the _U__
vans being removed from service for conversion to
autocouplers.